specificity

• Conforming to what Roland Barthes described as the specificity of photographic imagery, its evidence of the event or object "having-been-there," it would seem that there are instances when photography, like a lightning bolt, illumines past and present, makes vivid and unforgettable what might otherwise be managed or domesticated. —  GreenCine Daily
• Perhaps readers may think I am too insistent about the specificity -- what scholars call the "historicity" -- of the story of salvation. —  Brothers Judd Book Reviews
• While Obama's comments are devoid of both teeth and specificity, they may still prove to be superior to McCain's rehtoric on this situation. —  The Moderate Voice
• To avoid confusion and cultural-specificity, we think there is merit in dropping labels like Generation Y from any Asia-focused reports and using 18 - to 28-year-olds instead. —  Des Walsh dot Com
• The overall recall rates were 3. 4\% for double reading and 3. 9\% for single reading with computer-aided detection; the difference between the rates was specificity, and positive predictive value for single reading with computer-aided detection were 87. 2\%, 96. 9\%, and 18. 0\%, respectively. —  Medlogs - Recent stories

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